WWI Battles in Movies: How Accurate Are They? 🎬

WWI historian Alexander Watson rates five more First World War battle scenes from movies for realism.

He discusses the accuracy of the trench warfare and military strategy portrayed in "1917" (2019) and "Paths of Glory" (1957), starring Kirk Douglas. He also comments on surprise attacks, cavalry, and helmets in "War Horse" (2011) and "Blizzard of Souls" (2019). Watson analyzes the guns, artillery, ships, destroyers, cannons, and other weapons used in "Admiral" (2008).

Watson is a professor of history at Goldsmiths, University of London, and an expert on World War I. He has written three books on it: "Enduring The Great War," which explores how British and German soldiers coped on the Western Front; "Ring of Steel," about the war from the German and Austria-Hungarian perspective; and "The Fortress," about the siege of Przemy?l on the Eastern Front.

You can find Alexander Watson's books here:
Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary at War, 1914-1918: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alexander-watson/ring-of-steel/9780465056873/
The Fortress: The Siege of Przemy?l and the Making of Europe's Bloodlands: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/305803/the-fortress-by-watson-alexander/9780141986333
Enduring the Great War: Combat, Morale and Collapse in the German and British Armies, 1914-1918: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/history/twentieth-century-european-history/enduring-great-war-combat-morale-and-collapse-german-and-british-armies-19141918

Part one of Alexander Watson's video can be found here: https://youtu.be/cl3ySfKfv1s

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World War I Expert Rates More WWI Battles In Movies | How Real Is It? | Insider